I grew up in St. Petersburg, Florida, that's about two hours southeast of here on the coast. Later my parents retired and moved to Spring Hill for 20 years. That is also southeast of here and I've been there many, many times.
I often think of returning there and how I enjoyed going to spring training games, the beach, shopping at the mall. Then whenever I take a trip back to Tampa/St. Pete, I realized I don't really want to be out in the real world with all these young people. I don't feel old, but I no longer feel like I want to be in a night club full of 25 year olds. Going to play golf, or softball or pickleball and all the other people are your own age, that's what draws me back. I don't feel bad when running to first base and I'm not as fast as I was at 25, because nobody else is that fast either. That's what I really like about living in The Villages.
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